NOVANEWS
Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr
Because his parents were poor, García Márquez grew up with his grandparents, Colonel Nicolás Ricardo Márquez and Tranquiliana Iguarán, both of whom were very influential people in building his literary world.
He went to law school, but did not finish his studies. A series of events—and the publication of some of his stories in Colombian newspapers—set him on a course toward the world of journalism and literature. In Europe he became a correspondent for the daily newspaper El Espectador.
In 1967, with the publication of One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967), Gabriel García Márquez became one of the most prominent Latin Americans of his time. For that work, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature.
In 1999, he was diagnosed with lymphatic cancer. He passed away in 2014. His legacy will live on in his works and in the words of countless others that have been inspired by his writings.
*When asked if he was afraid of old age, he said “the secret of old age is to not think about it.”
*He was afraid of flying, and first tried a dry martini, but it didnt help him. He then tried listening to music, making song lists according to the routes, flight length, and flight class.
*He didn’t like to get things for free, refusing paid for flights, or as a film critic he always bought his own tickets.
*Once, he criticized the ex-president of Colombia, Julio Turbay, who didn’t respond to a letter the author had written him. Marquez said, “Someone who doesn’t answer letters doesn’t deserve to be written to.”
*He always wanted to write a story with the title, “The Drowned One that the Snails Would Bring Us.” He discussed it with his friend, Alvaro Cepeda, who told him, “That title is so good that the story doesn’t need to be written.”
The revolutionary, the writer, and the journalist.
